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Metis

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Noun

1. metis

a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry

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Metis

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noun
person of mixed parentage
noun plural -tis (-ˈtiːs, -ˈtiːz) (also without capital)
1. 
a person of mixed parentage
2. Canadian
a. 
the offspring or a descendant of a French Canadian and a Native American
b. 
a member or descendant of a group of such people, who established themselves in Manitoba and Saskatchewan as a distinct political and cultural force during the 19th century
3. US
a person having one eighth Black ancestry; octoroon

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Metis

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nounWord forms: plural méˈtis
a person of mixed parentage; esp., in Canada, a person having one French Canadian parent and one American Indian parent

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Metis

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n.
The satellite of Jupiter that is closest to the planet.
n. pl. métis (-tēs, -tēz)
1. A person of mixed racial ancestry.
2. often Métis A person of mixed Native American and French-Canadian ancestry.

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